Getting Error When Trying To Update Ubuntu 9.10

look into /var/cache/apt/archives/partial to see about those incomplete/problematic downloads, try deleting those files as well as uninstalling the related softwares.

regarding GPG error, you need not worry about it at the moment, its a normal thingy.

deepak, thanks for replying. I checked /var/cache/apt/archives/partial and it was empty.

Also, there are lots of .deb software in the archives folder. Are these the "related software" you were referring to that I should delete? If so, should I delete to the trash or uninstall?

Can you copy and paste the result of:

cat /etc/lsb-release

Then please copy and paste the content of your /etc/apt/sources.list here:

open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

copy and paste here...

thank you.

Marcobra, thanks again for replying. Here's the results of what you asked of me:

x@xx:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04"

The following are results of my sources.list:

#
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080422.2)]/ hardy main restricted

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080422.2)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main

Then to install deluge-torrent

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install deluge-torrent

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

Then if you are still in trouble to start deluge:

Please read this: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deluge-torrent/+question/41107

hope this helps

marcobra, I got to 'sudo apt-get upgrade' in terminal, at which point, I was asked to add 192 MB of archives to my hard drive. I'm a little uneasy about bogging down my hard drive with a bunch of stuff that I may not need. How can I know if I'll need all these files?

You need that files they are upgrades for Ubuntu after the first release.
They dress error and they substitute already installed packages.
So please go on.

Hope this helps

Then i suggest you the:
sudo apt-get clean all
command, it clean your downloaded packages from the pc cache.

Hope this helps

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.